
The Power of Agency
Cultivating Autonomy, Authority, and Leadership in Every Role
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The Power of Agency
Cultivating Autonomy, Authority, and Leadership in Every Role
About this book
Take ownership of your work and unleash the power of agency in your organization! To help give employees the power, influence, and voice necessary to truly excel in their workplace, organizational development experts Miller and Katz reveal the importance of agency and offer practical advice on how to achieve it. With more knowledge workers entering the workplace, many are being stifled by traditional employee-manager relationships that hamper their ability to fully contribute and feel engaged at work. And in a constantly changing and competitive world of work, organizations must evolve to keep up with worker satisfaction or else face a decrease in performance and loss in talent. The solution? Enabling your employees to exercise their individual agency in the workplace. Through an actionable roadmap that highlights common pitfalls and practical steps necessary for establishing a culture of greater agency, this book will provide individuals, teams, managers, and leaders with concrete ways to clarify their current level of agency and identifies specific actions they can take to exercise greater agency.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Christopher Del Vecchio
- Foreword by Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson
- Preface
- Part I: How Agency Works in Organizations
- Part II: Ten Steps to Unleash Agency in Organizations: An Overview
- Part III: Cultivating Agency in Every Role
- Conclusion: Where Do I Start and What’s Around the Corner?
- Notes
- Agency Resources: Assessments
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors